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- Detention Facilities For Immigrants Fast-Tracked For Deportation Were Rife With Problems, Inspectors Find
- 28 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week
- The Trump Campaign Has Sued To Stop Mail-In Ballot Counting In Nevada's Biggest County
- This Major Travel Influencer Family Is Adjusting To ~The New Normal~...But Is It Enough?
- The Presidential Debates Gave People Of Color Old Fights Over The Past And Little Insight Into The Future
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Detention Facilities For Immigrants Fast-Tracked For Deportation Were Rife With Problems, Inspectors Find
Federal inspectors also found that families were held in Border Patrol custody for longer than a week, well beyond the 72-hour standard for detention.
Hamed Aleaziz
28 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week
From the violent crackdown against protesters in Nigeria to the ongoing election in the United States, here are some of the most powerful photos of this week.
Kate Bubacz
The Trump Campaign Has Sued To Stop Mail-In Ballot Counting In Nevada's Biggest County
The suit alleges that election officials in Clark County are restricting Republican election observers' ability to "meaningfully observe" the counting of ballots.
Stephanie K. Baer
This Major Travel Influencer Family Is Adjusting To ~The New Normal~...But Is It Enough?
This week's newsletter: @TheBucketListFamily pivots their once-controversial annual giveaway — kind of — to the current climate, and why influencers denouncing that they're influencers is a disservice to both them and their followers.
Tanya Chen
The Presidential Debates Gave People Of Color Old Fights Over The Past And Little Insight Into The Future
The debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump focused less on their plans for Black and brown Americans than on their pasts.
Nidhi Prakash
Trump's Final Campaign Strategy Is To Spread A Bunch Of Misinformation About Joe Biden, His Son, And Ukraine
You’d have to really be paying deep attention to just understand Trump’s insinuations during the final presidential debate. Here’s what we know to actually be true.
Christopher Miller
Trump Once Again Mischaracterized The Black Lives Matter Movement By Falsely Linking It To An Anti-Police Chant
During the final presidential debate, Trump falsely associated the national Black Lives Matter movement with the anti-police chant "Pigs in a blanket, fry ‘em like bacon."
Tasneem Nashrulla
Trump Said At The Debate That Immigrant Children Detained In Cages Were “So Well Taken Care Of”
"They are so well taken care of. They're in facilities that were so clean."
Hamed Aleaziz
No, Trump Didn't Say "Good" In Response To A Question About Kids Separated From Their Parents At The Border
A clip from the debate shows that the president said "go ahead" to the moderator.
Jane Lytvynenko
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"We're Learning To Live With It": Trump Dismissed The Virus That's Killed 220,000 Americans And Put Him In The Hospital
During the final debate, President Donald Trump said the coronavirus was going away, even as a third wave of COVID-19 cases sweeps most of the country.
Zahra Hirji
Lauren McCluskey's Parents Have Agreed To A $13.5 Million Settlement Two Years After She Was Killed On Campus
The 21-year-old student was murdered by an ex-boyfriend on campus in 2018 after the university's employees "failed to fully understand and respond appropriately" to her situation.
Tasneem Nashrulla
There’s No Chance Kanye West Wins The Election, But These People Say They’re Voting For Him Anyway
“I don't think Kanye West can do anything worse than what Donald Trump has done for America.”
Krystie Lee Yandoli
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Remdesivir Just Became The First Drug Approved By The FDA To Treat COVID-19
"It is absolutely not a blockbuster drug or a miracle drug," one expert said. "We give it because we don’t have anything better."
Azeen Ghorayshi
Mitch McConnell's Hand Is Discolored But He Swears Nothing Is Wrong
Viral photos show McConnell picking up a face mask, revealing his right hand to be much darker than the rest of his body, as well as a bandaged thumb.
Amber Jamieson
Facebook Promised To Label Political Ads, But Ads For Biden, The Daily Wire, And Interest Groups Are Falling Through The Cracks
A failure in Facebook's transparency system means some election ads aren't disclosing who paid for them.
Craig Silverman
Fear Of Election Unrest Is Driving A Boom In Private Security
“Regardless of who wins, they’re concerned about rioting, attacks on their CEOs or their facilities.”
Rosalind Adams
Katie Porter Said Parenthood Has “Always Been Considered Unpaid Work,” And That Needs To Change
“What I’m trying to do is engage more Americans in speaking up about what they need,” said Katie Porter.
Venessa Wong
A Judge Sided With The Government’s Plea Not To Take Trump's Tweets Literally
When the president tweeted that all Russia documents should be made public, BuzzFeed News went to court to hold him to it. But a judge ruled the tweet was merely "inartful."
Richard Holmes
The Supreme Court Will Let Alabama Ban Drive-Up Voting For People With Disabilities During The Pandemic
Justice Sonia Sotomayor accused her conservative colleagues of getting in the way of local election officials “ready and willing to help vulnerable voters.”
Zoe Tillman
Don't Assume That Lots Of Early Voting Means Joe Biden Is A Lock
Democrats have shown strong enthusiasm in early voting, coming out in the millions, but Republicans can still catch up.
Caroline O'Donovan
People Have Nothing Left — Literally $0 — Because Of The Pandemic
Even people who built rainy day funds over years are watching their savings run down to zero, with no relief from the government in sight.
Venessa Wong
Republicans Moved Amy Coney Barrett One Step Closer To The Supreme Court After Democrats Boycotted The Vote
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve Barrett’s nomination. The final vote on her confirmation is expected Monday.
Zoe Tillman
This Is The Last Ever Trump Debate. He Wouldn’t Exist Without Them.
Trump has been debating for five years. The shock has gotten old.
Matt Berman
Top US Intelligence Officials Said Iran And Russia Used Voter Registration Records To Spread Disinformation
"These actions are desperate attempts by desperate adversaries," National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe said.
Stephanie K. Baer
Obama Railed Against Trump’s Coronavirus Response In His First Campaign Trail Speech
The president has done nothing but “completely screw this up,” Obama said in Philadelphia.
Ryan Brooks
This Beautiful Photo Project Reveals Ideas About The American Dream
"The ‘American Dream’ doesn’t exist in any formal way."
Kate Bubacz
The Justice Department Canceled A Hearing In E. Jean Carroll’s Case Against Trump Rather Than Argue By Phone
DOJ’s lawyer was turned away from the courthouse due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. He was set to argue in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit against Trump, who she has accused of raping her.
Zoe Tillman
A Cop Involved In Breonna Taylor's Killing Said She'd Be Alive If Police Barged In Sooner. That’s “Outrageous,” Experts Said.
Police experts told BuzzFeed News that Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly's response was "outrageous," "mind-boggling" and that it didn't make sense.
Tasneem Nashrulla
TikToker Bryce Hall Is Defending Himself Against Claims He Fought A Waiter Who Asked Him Not To Vape
The 21-year-old is also facing criminal charges for throwing a huge party amid the pandemic, but he told BuzzFeed News the story about the restaurant fight is "missing a lot of context."
Tanya Chen
Ben Carson Attended An Indoor Fundraiser Where Dozens Were Maskless
Carson, a medical doctor, was not wearing a mask at an event in a state that requires masks "in indoor public settings."
Kadia Goba
A Man Left A Note Outside A Biden Supporter's Home Threatening To Kill The Former VP
James Dale Reed of Maryland allegedly left the note outside a home with Biden–Harris yard signs and was captured on doorbell security footage.
David Mack
She Couldn’t Afford Her Rent And Had Nowhere To Turn. That’s When She Joined A Tenant Union.
“I don’t know how people do it alone without some sort of community backing.”
Lam Thuy Vo
Barack Obama Is The Face Of The Democrats’ Closing Get-Out-The-Vote Push
Democrats are blitzing five key states with ads prominently featuring Barack Obama, as part of a final push for Joe Biden.
Henry J. Gomez
Pope Francis Said He Supports Civil Unions For Same-Sex Couples
"If this a public recognition that same-sex couples deserve — and the church will no longer block — legal recognition of committed relationships, clearly that is an international game changer," said one member of a Catholic LGBTQ organization.
Amber Jamieson
Doulas Are Using The Internet To Warn Each Other About People Pretending To Be Pregnant
Birth fetishists are trying to trick doulas into engaging with them — but doulas are fighting back.
Katie Notopoulos
Trump Called The $10 Million A Loan. His Campaign Called It A Donation. Who Paid It Back, And How?
Trump boasted about self-funding his 2016 campaign, but in its tense final moments, his advisers could only get him to agree to a loan. "It was like a cash advance."
Ken Bensinger
